25 Jul 2016

Oleksandr Gvozdyk-Joe Smith Jr rumored for title eliminator

Oleksandr Gvozdyk is on his way to a world championship with his KO win. Next up a WBC eliminator against Joe Smith. pic.twitter.com/gPra0XTREz — Bob Arum (@BobArum) July 25, 2016 On social media today, Bob Arum, through a Twitter account that is often linked to him though unverified, stated that

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25 Jul 2016

Moises Flores is ready for Guillermo Rigondeaux!

Flores, who is also the WBA interim champion, is now the mandatory challenger to face WBA super-champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (17-0, 11 KOs). Both camps are in negotiations with the possibility of the fight happening in the next few months. If the fight comes to fruition, both the WBA and IBO

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25 Jul 2016

Shabranskyy-Riojas headlines August 19th LA Fight Club card

The lion will roar loudly on August 19 at the historic Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles when Vyacheslav “Lion Heart-Chigonsky” Shabranskyy (16-0, 13 KOs) makes his return to the ring to take on Laredo, Texas fighter Oscar “El Monstruo” Riojas (10-5-1, 3 KOs) for an eight-round light heavyweight bout

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24 Jul 2016

Leo Santa Cruz-Carl Frampton media conference call

Lou DiBella Welcome, everybody, to the Santa Cruz-Frampton telephone call. The event is Saturday, July 30, 2016, on SHOWTIME. The action begins on SHOWTIME at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time; that’s 6:00 p.m, Pacific time from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The main event is Leo Santa Cruz versus Carl

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23 Jul 2016

Terence Crawford defeats Viktor Postol, “…it’s whatever” about Pacquiao

In the main event of the HBO Pay-Per-View from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada undefeated junior welterweight star Terence Crawford (29-0 20KOs) continued his dominance of the boxing world as he defeated Viktor Postol (28-1 12KOs). Crawford who started off slow and in many ringside observers

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23 Jul 2016

Oscar Valdez stops foe in 2 rounds, wins WBO featherweight title

Oscar Valdez (21-0 18KOs) was nothing short of amazing in his first major step-up and exposure to the mass media in the co-main event slot on the Terence Crawford versus Viktor Postol card as Valdez stopped Matias Rueda (26-1 23KOs) in the second round. The fight which took place in

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23 Jul 2016

Fabian Maidana gets KO in first headlining card

Welterweight Fabian “TNT” Maidana (10-0, 7 KOs), brother of famed fighter Marcos Maidana, scored the biggest win of his career a sixth round TKO over Jorge “Machito” Maysonet (13-2, 11 KOs) on Saturday night at the Scottish Rite Auditorium in San Antonio, Texas. Maidana walked into a punch he shouldn’t have

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23 Jul 2016

Jose Benavidez survives Francisco Santana in thriller

Welterweight Jose Benavidez (25-0 18KOs) looked about as ordinary as you can while picking up a win on over a tough Francisco “Chia” Santana (24-5-1 12KOs). The fight saw Benavidez starting out hot and looking every bit of the prospect he was once touted to be, but sitting on the

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23 Jul 2016

Gvodzyk gets off deck to stop Karpency on PPV opening bout

Light heavyweight Oleksandr Gvodzyk (11-0, 9 KOs) survived a scare before stopping game journeyman Tommy Karpency (26-6-1, 15 KOs) in the sixth round of the opening bout of the pay-per-view portion of the Terence Crawford versus Viktor Postol card. The bout was not all smooth sailing for Gvodzyk who was sent

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23 Jul 2016

Adam Lopez fights to draw atop ShoBox card

Highly ranked super bantamweight Adam Lopez (15-0-1, 7 KOs) and Roman Reynoso (18-1-2, 7 KOs) battled to a ten round draw on Friday night at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Connecticut. In a decent action fight that saw the veteran Reynoso give Lopez a lot of fights also saw Lopez hurt Reynoso late,

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